The Yield Collection by Davide Bozzo Studio makes steel yield to pressure
The Yield Collection by Davide Bozzo Studio is an experimental barware series that reinterprets the ritual of the Dry Martini through compressed forms, tactile surfaces and the physical weight of steel. Developed in collaboration with bartender Salvatore “Billie” Chiavazzo, the collection replaces the transparency and visual delicacy of conventional glassware with a denser material language, using controlled deformation to give each object a sense of tension, pressure and movement. The result positions functional bar tools somewhere between industrial design and sculptural object, while keeping the preparation of the cocktail central to the experience.
The collection by Davide Bozzo Studio includes a mixing vessel, cups, jigger, strainer, bar spoon and garnish picks, all organized around the same formal principle: steel appears to have yielded under an external force. Symmetry is interrupted by folds, indentations and torsions that make the objects look partially collapsed, as though their final geometries were captured at the moment of deformation. This approach gives the material an unexpected softness without disguising its weight or hardness, allowing the collection to retain the directness of stainless steel while introducing a more physical relationship between hand and object.
Function is integrated into these distortions rather than added afterward, with the altered surfaces influencing how each piece is held and used during preparation. The compressed areas of the cups and mixing vessel create points of contact that support grip, while steel provides the thermal inertia required to keep the drink cold against the warmth of the hands. The jigger uses its indentation as an ergonomic feature during measuring, while the strainer reduces the familiar construction of a cocktail tool to a heavier disc that conceals its spring and gives the object a more continuous profile.
The bar spoon introduces a more fluid counterpoint to the heavier pieces, extending through a twisted stem before ending in an organic, droplet-like form. Its elongated geometry shifts the collection away from pure compression and introduces a sense of movement associated with stirring, allowing the preparation sequence itself to become part of the design. Developed together with Chiavazzo, the project responds directly to the gestures of bartending, translating pouring, measuring, stirring and straining into a family of objects shaped around repeated physical contact.
Davide Bozzo Studio is based in Milan and works across industrial design, interior architecture, technical development and collectible objects, with recent projects repeatedly examining how familiar typologies can be altered through material and form. Bozzo’s earlier work also includes Arcaica, which received third prize in the student category of the 2019 Porada International Design Award, a competition organized by Porada and POLI.design with the patronage of ADI. That early recognition already placed emphasis on furniture and object design, while the studio’s current output continues to move between functional requirements and more sculptural experimentation.
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